DETERMINING IMPORTANCE How do we determine importance when

DETERMINING IMPORTANCE “How do we determine importance when reading? ” • Identify the purpose for reading the text. • Identify the author’s purpose for writing the text. • Identify the key ideas. • Use text features to help identify important ideas, concepts, and details

Questions good readers ask themselves… • What is this story or piece mostly about? • What are some of the important ideas that stuck out to me? • Are there any important themes I noticed? • What do I think is most important to remember?

Tools readers use to help Determine Importance • Highlighting pens • Post its • Skimming or scanning text • Headings and subheadings • Cue words and phrases • Illustrations and Photographs

How do you determine what is important? Let’s play “SURVIVOR”-TITAN EDITION! You are on a plane about to be dropped off in an unknown part of South America for 2 weeks. The pilot tells you that you can only take 10 items with you in order to survive. Everything must fit in a duffle bag. What would you take, and why? Good Luck!!! These are the items you can choose from: -Tent -Map of S. America -An axe -Pillow -Sleeping Bag - Matches -Backpack -Pot for Cooking -Compass Rose -Food (1 week’s worth) -Cell Phone -Lighter -Mirror -Pencil -Journal -Bottled Water (7 bottles) -Extra set of clothes